Can you drive with just headers?

i know its against the law and stuff i just want to know if i drive my car to the exhaust place about a mile away with only headers will there be any back pressure damage or anything like that or is it just loud as hell?

Loud as hell. Shouldn't blow anything up though, just don't do it too long cause those exhaust gases can melt stuff under there.

not a problem. i had to do the same thing myself.

Did the same thing with my 79 T/A when I put headers on. Gawd was it LOUD. Didn't do any harm though.

It'll be loud as sin... i know my V6 is if I run it with just stock manifolds and y-pipe

it's quite fun. i've been in a '64 (i think) Nova with just headers and straight pipes to the side. blew flames, made noise. luckily due to age the car wasn't under any noise or emissions regualtions.

Yeah, I did that for a few days, just headers. Ungodly loud. You'll have a headache after driving with them like that. I liked it a first, but then I couldn't wait to get everything connected back up again. But I kinda miss the open headers. No one wants a piece of you when your car sounds like that.

I drove my 92 with open headers a few times...I wish they were legal, people don't know what the hell is going on when you pass them throwing exhaust everywhere. The sound is crazy

It would be like having cut outs.

I have a friend who said once he drove his saab with open manifolds for a little while.:evillol:

Yeah, I did that for a few days, just headers. Ungodly loud. You'll have a headache after driving with them like that. I liked it a first, but then I couldn't wait to get everything connected back up again. But I kinda miss the open headers. No one wants a piece of you when your car sounds like that.

LOL Yeah and everyone would look at your ride like; what that hell does it have inside.

ive been driving around with just the headers and a few feet of pipe cut before the y section for a few months now. yeah...loud... i havent had any problems with the noise though... from the police anyways. i was just removing the cats when i got lazy and just left it open. I drive the car everyday so im not worried about it. If the car was going to sit for a while i would be concerned about moisture getting into the engine.

anyways...i think the question is answered... that being yes you can...

and yeah ill agree with the no one wants a piece of you statement lol i havent had any action for a while since i cut the pipe.

Should be even louder with my cammed 6.0 liter and just long tubes :) :) :) :) and ill be able to back up all the noise :evillol:

You're going to blow your ear drums out...

Shouldn't hurt, but I wouldn't get on it or anything just to be safe. For your ears sake I don't think you'd want to anyway!!

I have a friend who said once he drove his saab with open manifolds for a little while.:evillol:


i drove my 94 metro 3 cylinder like 3 miles with just a manifold man it was annoying